27M
27M
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Castle Films
27M
65
14
Complete presentation of the banana industry from the clearing of the jungle and the planting to the shipment of the fruit to the American markets.
( 14 reviews )
Topics: Agriculture: Bananas, Central America
13.5M
13M
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
13.5M
14
2
Epic history of industrial medicine in the first half of the 20th century, showing how manufacturers and the medical profession came to terms with one another and culminating in GM's rehabilitation program for returned World War II veterans. Directed by Haford Kerbawy.
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Medicine: Industrial medicine, Medicine: Occupational health, World War II: Postwar issues
10.6M
11M
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Centron Corporation
10.6M
23
7
Young girl's mirror image teaches her fundamentals of good posture.
( 7 reviews )
Topic: Health and hygiene
10.5M
10M
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Unknown
10.5M
25
6
Promotional film for "Nutrilite," a 1950s-vintage food supplement.
( 6 reviews )
Topics: Agriculture: Food industry: Supplements, Nutrition
5.9M
5.9M
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
5.9M
32
2
Told from the viewpoint of a child, this film emphasizes that children should train themselves in good sleeping habits. In typical "Goofus and Gallant" style, it shows the advantages a well-rested kid has over his poor-sleeping classmate. Dreams are presented as a normal part of sleeping, and there is a funny dream sequence.
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Health and hygiene, Dreams, Sleep
5.7M
5.7M
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Coronet Instructional Films
5.7M
15
2
How young children must behave to avoid transmitting germs to one another.
( 2 reviews )
Topic: Health and hygiene
5.4M
5.4M
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
5.4M
21
11
Ralph learns the five food groups, helping him to eat a balanced diet, and has more fun because of his better health.
( 11 reviews )
Topics: Health and hygiene, Food, Nutrition
Presented by: U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service and Bureau State Services. Produced by the Communicable Disease Center in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Public Health and the Muscogee Health Department. 0647 PA8739 Babies and Breadwinners
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Motion Pictures: Government, Health and Hygiene, Medicine: Infectious Diseases
3.3M
3.3M
May 27, 2003
05/03
by
Professional Arts, Inc.
3.3M
8
1
A Right to Health, Neighborhood Health Centers in Profile. A Production of Professional Arts, Inc. in San Mateo, CA for the Office of Health Affairs and Office of Economic Opportunity. Directed and Produced by David W. Parker, PhD, Written by Parker and William J. Bicknell, M.D., shot and edited by Peter P. Drowne, narrated by Earle Marsh, M.D. 0726 PA8850 Right to Health, A
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Motion Pictures: Sponsored, Health and Hygiene, Medicine: Public Health
3.1M
3.1M
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Holmes (Burton) Films, Inc.
3.1M
6
4
Opportunities for employment servicing America's vast motor fleet.
( 4 reviews )
Topics: Occupations: Automotive, Car culture: General, Automobiles: Service and repair
2.8M
2.8M
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
2.8M
13
5
Structure of the skin; good cleanliness habits; the proper way to wash; the correct use of soap.
( 5 reviews )
Topics: Health and hygiene, Medicine: Dermatology
2.6M
2.6M
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Audio Productions, Inc.
2.6M
17
4
Children as carriers and victims of infections.
( 4 reviews )
Topic: Health and hygiene
2.5M
2.5M
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
2.5M
7
4
Elegy to recreation and relaxation in state and national parks.
( 4 reviews )
Topics: Recreation, Parks, Nature
2.4M
2.4M
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Army
2.4M
21
3
Military training drama showing how the residents of a barracks convince a sloppy soldier to clean up his act. With many folk songs on cleanliness.
( 3 reviews )
Topics: Health and hygiene, Military, Music: Folk
2.1M
2.1M
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Hardcastle Films
2.1M
15
2
Hard times in 1950s St. Louis and the social services that aimed to alleviate them.
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Social issues: 1950s, Social services
2M
2.0M
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
2M
13
2
Banking services and procedures in the pre-computer era.
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Economics, Occupations: Banking industry, Finance
1.8M
1.8M
May 16, 2003
05/03
by
Encyclopedia Britannica Films, Inc.
1.8M
19
3
Produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films, Inc., in collaboration with Stewart A. Koser, Ph.D, Department of Bacteriology and Parasitology, the University of Chicago, Warren Everote, Producer. 0595 PA8087 Bacteria: Friend and Foe
( 3 reviews )
Topics: Motion Pictures: In Education, Science, Health and Hygiene
1.6M
1.6M
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
University of Southern Califonia (student film)
1.6M
49
14
Imaginative film showing how automatic gadgets in homes and workplaces alienate people from one another.
( 14 reviews )
Topics: Technology: Critiques, Automation, Consumerism
1.5M
1.5M
Apr 11, 2009
04/09
by
Rick Prelinger
1.5M
Home Movies from the Prelinger Archives. For more information see the Prelinger Archives
1.3M
1.3M
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
1.3M
18
13
Gilbert Willoughby is punished for voicing Luddite ideas (complaining about pesky springs) by "Coily," an obnoxious, animated spring who subjects him to the hassles of a springless world.
( 13 reviews )
Topics: Physics: Springs, Animation, Technology: Critiques
1M
1.0M
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
1M
16
7
Dramatization of how photographs are transmitted by wire, an exciting new technology in the 1930s.
( 7 reviews )
Topics: Communication: Wirephotos, Media: Newspapers, Technology
940,102
940K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Office of War Information
940,102
5
4
Wartime work of public welfare agencies in the field of nutrition.
( 4 reviews )
Topics: World War II: Homefront, Nutrition
886,119
886K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Sound Masters
886,119
9
13
General Motors celebrates production of 50 millionth automobile with a parade through Flint, Michigan.
( 13 reviews )
Topic: Car culture: Ceremonies
868,347
868K
May 16, 2003
05/03
by
Premiere Hardcastle
868,347
5
2
Story by Kensiger Jones, directed by John Kennedy. Produced by Premiere Hardcastle, St. Louis. 0551 PA8484 Always On Call 033.10;
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Motion Pictures: Sponsored, Health and Hygiene, Medicine: Public Health
844,168
844K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
844,168
15
3
Actress Gale Storm and family take a road trip in their Chevrolet and review the do's and don'ts of auto traveling.
( 3 reviews )
Topics: Tourism, Travelogues, Car culture: General
756,035
756K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Unknown
756,035
9
4
Personal hygiene, 1920s-style.
( 4 reviews )
Topic: Health and hygiene
629,060
629K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Unknown
629,060
9
3
Screen ad for instant laundry starch.
( 3 reviews )
Topics: Advertising: Screen ads, Home economics: Laundry, Starch
619,326
619K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
National Motion Picture Company
619,326
16
2
Health film using unusual imagery and metaphors to impart lessons in hygiene.
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Health and hygiene, Children, Medicine: Infectious diseases
619,150
619K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Archer Productions, Inc.
619,150
216
73
Selected for the 2004 National Film Registry of "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" motion pictures. Famous Civil Defense film for children in which Bert the Turtle shows what to do in case of atomic attack.
( 73 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Animation
540,887
541K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Coronet Instructional Films
540,887
31
5
How exercise will make you healthy and popular.
( 5 reviews )
Topics: Health and hygiene, Exercise
463,616
464K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Techfilm Studio, Moscow
463,616
216
70
This disturbing film records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs), as conducted by Dr. S.S. Bryukhonenko at the Institute of Experimental Physiology and Therapy, Voronezh, U.S.S.R. Director: D.I. Yashin. Camera: E.V. Kashina. Narrator: Professor Walter B. Cannon. Introduced by Professor J.B.S. Haldane.
( 70 reviews )
Topics: Animals: Dogs, Medicine: Veterinary: Experiments, Life extension
434,836
435K
Dec 25, 2011
12/11
by
Tullio Pellegrini
434,836
24
9
Cinemascope homage to the city of San Francisco made by amateur filmmaker and inventor Tullio Pellegrini.
( 9 reviews )
Topics: san francisco, amateur film, widescreen, Cinemascope, pasta1
403,771
404K
403,771
45
7
Footage from Castle and Pathé coverage of the Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst. Also shots of the big ships over New York.
( 7 reviews )
Topic: need keyword
401,283
401K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Hammid (Alexander) and Deren (Maya)
401,283
82
32
Alexander Hammid's intimate study of a female cat and the birth and maturation of her five kittens.
( 32 reviews )
Topics: Animals: Cats, Animals: Behavior, Psychology
334,949
335K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
334,949
45
3
Bowling made respectable and appealing to middle-class Americans through modernization and "Populuxe" design.
( 3 reviews )
Topics: Recreation, Sports: Bowling, Families
321,568
322K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Unknown
321,568
168
82
Anti-pornography film produced by financier Charles Keating, linking pornography to the Communist conspiracy and the decline of Western civilization.
( 82 reviews )
Topics: Culture wars, Sexualities, Pornography
300,157
300K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Medical Arts Productions
300,157
78
22
Sex education film aimed at teenage boys, with the coach as authority figure and teacher.
( 22 reviews )
Topics: Sex education, Children, Gender roles
296,293
296K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Coronet Instructional Films
296,293
27
7
Drama focusing on gluttony and "hidden hunger," where well-nourished people eat poorly and malnourish themselves.
( 7 reviews )
Topics: Nutrition, Food, Social guidance
287,393
287K
May 23, 2003
05/03
by
Sid Davis
287,393
135
115
Anti-homosexual film targeted at teenage boys, urging them to avoid encounters with potential molesters.
( 115 reviews )
Topics: Homosexualities, Crime and criminals (Molestation), Los Angeles
280,240
280K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Coronet Instructional Films
280,240
38
6
Siblings Don and Sue show how they keep themselves well groomed throughout the school week and for their Friday night dates.
( 6 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Health and hygiene
267,927
268K
267,927
90
25
( 25 reviews )
Topics: need keyword, Stag
267,610
268K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
267,610
41
9
Cinderella relies on a Chevrolet to carry her home by midnight through obstacles and storms.
( 9 reviews )
Topics: Animation: Advertising, Folk tales, Automobiles: Advertising
260,245
260K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Treasury Department
260,245
105
94
Complex and disturbing anti-Japanese propaganda film produced to spur the sale of U.S. war bonds. CONTENT ADVISORY: Explicit racism and extreme violence.
( 94 reviews )
Topics: World War II: Japan, Propaganda, World War II: Homefront
247,012
247K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Coronet Instructional Films
247,012
132
48
One of the best examples of post-World War II social guidance films, with examples of "good" and "bad" girls, proper and improper dating etiquette, courtesy to parents, and an analysis of what makes some people popular and others not. A scream and a sobering document of postwar conformity. Director: Ted Peshak. Cinematography: Bill Rockar. Writers: Robert Chapin and Patricia Kealy. Editor: George Wilbern. Educational adviser: Dr. Alice Sowers, Director, Family Life Institute...
( 48 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Teenagers, Gender roles
238,514
239K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Cornell University
238,514
30
6
Lively children illustrate the results of good nutrition, affection, and intelligent care.
( 6 reviews )
Topics: Health and hygiene, Agriculture: Food industry: Meat, Nutrition
213,221
213K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Various
213,221
104
13
Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium.
( 13 reviews )
Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Consumerism, Advertising: History
207,617
208K
207,617
77
20
from tape 0517 PA8151 Burlesque (including Sheree) 016.10, PA6908
( 20 reviews )
Topic: need meta
201,829
202K
201,829
58
12
( 12 reviews )
Topic: Vintage Erotica
185,129
185K
185,129
81
23
( 23 reviews )
Topics: need keyword, Stag
181,471
181K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Unknown
181,471
45
8
Mardi Gras: Parade of Nor.
( 8 reviews )
Topics: New Orleans, Mardi Gras, Celebrations
172,081
172K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Unknown
172,081
9
5
Two unhappy-looking dogs, sporting an American flag, pull a dog cart and its juvenile cargo.
( 5 reviews )
Topics: Animals: Dogs, Transportation: Dog carts, Children
171,483
171K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Avis Films
171,483
17
2
( 2 reviews )
Topic: Nutrition
166,750
167K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
166,750
14
4
Plea for sustainable land and resource use.
( 4 reviews )
Topics: Land use, Environment, Conservation
166,081
166K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Centron Corporation
166,081
32
10
An American family unable to afford a Thanksgiving turkey reviews the things for which they feel thankful. This patriotic film is unusual in that it does not link freedom and happiness with the pursuit of wealth. Produced with nonprofessional actors in Lawrence, Kansas. Written by Margaret Carlile (Trudy) Travis.
( 10 reviews )
Topics: Patriotism, Holidays: Thanksgiving, Families: 1950s
162,033
162K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Bonica (Joe)
162,033
102
32
Early atomic weapons testing.
( 32 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Weapons, Cold War
161,171
161K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
WPTZ Motion Picture Unit
161,171
29
17
Mid-Fifties slices of life and landscape in Philadelphia and surrounding towns. With excellent color footage of downtown scenes, neighborhoods, the Mummers Parade, Levittown, factories in Camden, New Jersey, and many other subjects that can no longer be seen. Producer and Director: Cal Jones. Cinematographer: Ralph Lopatin. Writer and Narrator: Dick McCutchen.
( 17 reviews )
Topics: Philadelphia, Pa., Cities: U.S., Northeast, Levittown, Pa.
155,763
156K
155,763
42
8
( 8 reviews )
Topics: Vintage Erotica, Erotic Dance
151,070
151K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Sutherland (John) Productions
151,070
141
24
In this corporate-sponsored cartoon, Martian dissidents learn that oil and competition are the two things that make America great.
( 24 reviews )
Topics: Economics, Oil industry, Advertising: Animation
150,566
151K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
150,566
44
24
Lucky Strike cigarette commercial with stop-motion animation of square-dancing cigarettes.
( 24 reviews )
Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Substance abuse: Tobacco, Animation: Stop-motion
149,498
149K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Various
149,498
121
32
Examples of broadcast advertising from the 1950s and 1960s.
( 32 reviews )
Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Consumerism
148,739
149K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Sutherland (John) Productions
148,739
97
24
Animated classic presenting what an atom is, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peacetime uses of atomic energy and the byproducts of nuclear fission.
( 24 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Energy, Physics, Animation
147,843
148K
147,843
31
14
Countdown leader.
( 14 reviews )
Topic: Motion pictures: Projection
146,322
146K
146,322
30
8
( 8 reviews )
Topics: Earthquakes: San Francisco, 1906, San Francisco: Disasters, Amateur Film
145,324
145K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Coronet Instructional Films
145,324
97
22
Classic instructional film for teen daters, presented here in the rare (but incomplete) Kodachrome version.
( 22 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Social guidance: Dating, Gender roles
144,975
145K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Cartoon Films, Limited
144,975
22
10
Snap, Crackle and Pop take on Soggy, Mushy and Toughy.
( 10 reviews )
Topics: Advertising: Screen ads, Animation: Advertising, Agriculture: Food industry: Cereals
138,579
139K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Unknown
138,579
76
44
Anti-pornography film produced by financier Charles Keating, linking pornography to the Communist conspiracy and the decline of Western civilization.
( 44 reviews )
Topics: Culture wars, Sexualities, Pornography
138,516
139K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Sutherland (John) Productions
138,516
99
35
This Cold War-era cartoon uses humor to tout the dangers of Communism and the benefits of capitalism.
( 35 reviews )
Topics: Cold War, Animation: Advertising, Capitalism
126,834
127K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Interlude Films
126,834
88
42
A group of children, all wearing ape masks, rides their bicycles to the park for a picnic. Along the way, all but one are eliminated for violating basic bike safety rules. This strange film was narrated by Edward Everett Horton. Script and Direction: Dale Jennings. Photography: Max Hutto. Art Direction: Ralph Hulett. With Dick Hutto, Janice Powell, Lucie Hagens, Ralph Hulett, Clyde L. Johnson, Dave Hembree, Colleen Hutto, Charles Hagens, Kevin Lindsay, Dan Whitehead, Don Moody, Diane Chambers,...
( 42 reviews )
Topics: Bicycles, Safety: Bicycle, Animals: Apes
121,674
122K
121,674
21
4
( 4 reviews )
Topic: Vintage Erotica
115,658
116K
115,658
54
12
A burlesque short starring Amalia Aguilar. Part of "Joe Bonica presents the Movie of the Month" nudie film series.
( 12 reviews )
Topic: Burlesque
113,321
113K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Office of Inter-Amer Affairs
113,321
5
5
Development of Brazil's planned city.
( 5 reviews )
Topic: Regional: Brazil
112,973
113K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Coronet Instructional Films
112,973
27
9
A bad-mannered 14-year-old meets himself as a young man of 21, and learns the fundamentals of good table manners.
( 9 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance: Etiquette, Children
112,721
113K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
MPO Productions
112,721
123
25
Set at the 1956 General Motors Motorama, this is one of the key Populuxe films of the 1950s, showing futuristic dream cars and Frigidaire's "Kitchen of the Future."
( 25 reviews )
Topics: Futurism, Automobiles: Advertising, Gender roles
112,427
112K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Coronet Instructional Films
112,427
14
7
Dramatizes the story of a father, who, after finding himself at a loss for words at a public meeting, follows his son's lead and starts a campaign of vocabulary improvement.
( 7 reviews )
Topics: Literacy, Words, Self-improvement
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